tulei

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Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tulaki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tulak.

Verb

tulei

  1. to push; to shove

References

  • George Pratt (1861) Samoan dictionary: English and Samoan and Samoan and English with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect, Matautu, Samoa: London Missionary Society Press